"It's getting colder and colder."

"Do you want to add a quilt to Mr.?"

"It doesn't have to be."

"It's not the coldest yet, at least it's not cold during the day, and it's the coldest time in another month or two. By then, there will be snow on the top of the mountain behind. The innkeeper said to Song You, "There are cherry blossoms planted outside the city, some of them bloom at that time, and they also bloom at that time. ”

"Then you'll have to see it before you leave."

Song You sat in the lobby with a smile and chatted with the shopkeeper.

At that moment, a man came in from outside the house.

A girl more than half a man tall, carrying a blanket on her left shoulder, bulging and wet, holding a fishing rod in her left hand and a piece of sugar cane in her right hand, nibbling as she went.

Fortunately, she also knew that there were stone bricks on the ground in the city, and she couldn't spit bagasse, so she held it all in her hands.

"I'm back from fishing."

"Ouch is back!"

The shopkeeper hurriedly got up and went to greet him.

Song You asked curiously, "Where did Sanhua Niangniang get another piece of sugarcane?" ”

"It's also in exchange."

"You're so powerful."

"That's right."

Sanhua Niangniang didn't say much, only weighed the fish as before, sold it to the store, and gave it to the store, which was used as a firewood for the kitchen, and left one for the Taoist priest to make and eat.

“……”

The Taoist is not lazy-

The pillar of his own family has been busy outside all day, and he has brought food back, and he is just cooking a meal, how can he talk nonsense.

Immediately, the fish was brought into the kitchen.

Just listen to the sound of cleaning, and the action is clean and neat.

The shopkeeper was still watching from behind.

The Taoist looked back at him with a smile and chatted to him:

"The style of making fish reminds me of more than ten years ago, when we walked in Xuzhou, we passed by a mountain village, and stayed overnight at a local farmer's house, and the farmer also caught two fish from the pond at the door to cook in order to entertain us, and also added a sour stewed plum sour fruit to it, which is very interesting."

"It's just that the poor are vulgar and don't have good food, and if you add a little sour taste to it, you can coax food into your stomach."

"Coincidentally, the peasants at that time said the same thing."

"Mr. remembers the events of more than ten years ago so clearly?" The shopkeeper quietly looked at Song You, this Taoist looked young, if he only judged his age by his appearance, he should have been young more than ten years ago.

"Impressed."

"Does the 'we' you mean also the cats that Mr. raises?"

"Why should the store tempt us?"

Song You was still smiling and put oil in the pot.

The petite girl cowered in front of the stove, and while the fire was lit, she stretched out two hands, her fingers open, close to the eye of the stove, and focused on the fire, as if she was not at all interested in their conversation.

"Don't dare, don't dare ......"

The shopkeeper hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to say more.

"I like to eat sour dishes, and I also love to eat sour pickles, we Yizhou people are good at this, but we usually cook, and the sour is mostly taken from vinegar and pickles, unlike here, which is taken from sour fruits." Song You paused as he spoke, "It's just that in my opinion, if you can add a little spicy flavor while making sour food, it will be more comfortable." ”

"Do you mean dogwood and ginger?"

The owner is a chef who likes to study his skills, so he was quickly aroused.

"Dogwood is good, ginger is good, but there is one better one, maybe it hasn't been passed on here yet." Song You pinched up a chili pepper and handed it to the store, "Give it to the store, there are seeds in it, and you can plant it when the weather is a little warmer, the thin soil is slightly wet, it can sprout, and the fruit is called chili, which is already very popular in many places, and it is very suitable for cooking, and it can be eaten fresh and dried." ”

"I think I've heard of ......"

"Try it today with the sour fish made by the store."

Song You said in his mouth, his hands kept moving.

While operating, I explained and chatted with the store.

In fact, it was intentional to teach him and repay his kindness.

In this era when iron pots were popularized and stir-fry was invented not long ago, in this remote Yunzhou, a lot of common and simple knowledge is very precious - even a person like this restaurant who loves to study cooking is just relying on experience behind closed doors.

In addition to lighting the fire, Sanhua Niangniang also listened with her ears pricked up, often stood up and aimed at the pot.

If you have a new technique, write it down secretly.

It didn't take long for a pot of hot and sour fish to come out of the pot.

Stewed plum sour fruit is still put in, and chili peppers are added, and the soup base has become red and bright from the original white and yellow, and it is more appetizing, and the fish meat is floating in it, and the white is also red, which is very appetizing.

Add a stick of coriander as a garnish and it's perfect.

"Leave a bowl for the store to taste, and if you like it, you can make it for customers to eat later." Song You said with a smile, leaving a bowl for the store as usual, and putting the rest into a basin and bringing it back upstairs to eat.

The store thanked him repeatedly.

The Taoist had already returned to his room.

There was still an oil lamp, illuminating half the room.

The Taoist sandwiched the fish into a bowl, and mixed it with some chili pepper and soup, mixed with rice, and put it in the mouth, which was sour and appetizing, delicious and palatable.

There was a cat and a swallow standing on the table next to it.

There is a bowl in front of the cat, and the fish soup and rice are in the bowl, and there is a plate in front of the swallow, and the plate is full of finely minced fish.

"How did Sanhua Niangniang change the sugarcane?"

"Sanhua Niangniang came back from beating the monk, sat on the golden mountain god and walked, and was seen by the villain." The cat stood on the table, paused, and then changed his words, "When I saw that little man, I asked the god of Jinzi Mountain to carry him around and change the sugar cane to eat." ”

"I see."

"Sanhua Niangniang won against that monk today!"

"These days, it has been rumored in the local area that there are mountain gods who often fight with demon monks in the wasteland over there, and Sanhua Niangniang has become the most common topic of conversation among people after tea and dinner."

"But Sanhua Niangniang still didn't kill the monk." Sanhua Cat was not proud of his praise, but was still serious, "That monk is so powerful, no matter how he fights, he can't be killed, even if the golden mountain god invited by Sanhua Niangniang can beat him, he can't beat him to death, and he can't be beaten to death if he is hammered into the ground." ”

"That's ......"

Song You took the chopsticks and thought about it, and then said: "That headless monk was not ordinary in life, after his death, he became a demon because of his obsession, and refused to admit that he was dead. ”

"Will it work?"

"Sanhua Niangniang has to find a way to make him believe." Song You smiled and said, "Sanhua Niangniang is very smart, and she will definitely not be stumped." ”

"Hmm......"

The cat stuck out its tongue and licked its mouth, lost in thought.

The swallow next to him picked up the fish eye in the plate, raised his head and opened his mouth, and the fish eye entered the belly.

"I'm tired of eating fish every day, so let's go to the market and buy some other meat to eat in a few days."

"Tired of eating? How can you get tired of eating? ”

"If you eat too much, you will naturally get tired."

"The fish is delicious."

"If it's delicious, you have to change it."

"Then why don't you get tired of eating?"

"The rice is different."

"How is it different?"

"......" Song You shook his head helplessly, "Sanhua Niangniang, eat it quickly, when the fish soup is cold, it will become fishy." ”

"It's better when it's fishy!"

“……”

"How is it different?"

The cat frowned, feeling that things were tricky.

The fish is delicious and doesn't cost money, how can you get tired?

……

The next afternoon.

As soon as Song You came back from outside, Xiao Chai Niang came to visit.

Although Da Yan is more open, although Song You is a Taoist, and Xiao Chai Niang also brought a maid, it is not good to entertain them in the room, so he asked for a pot of tea downstairs in the inn.

"Thank you, sir. The method that Mr. said really worked, even if the chicken soup was put outside for a while, there was that layer of oil, as long as no one stirred, it was still hot, before putting in the rice cable, put some dried bamboo eggs and shredded meat, it was also very delicious, not only my family officials liked it very much, but it was also made for the family Ah Lang and uncles to eat, and they also liked it very much. Xiao Chai Niang thanked him repeatedly.

"It's a gesture."

"The concubine came this time to inform Mr. that she had already asked Mr. where he wanted to go."

Xiao Chai Niang paused for a moment before saying:

"Where Mr. is going, the county is called Bu County, and the name of that county is 'Luchuan', Luchuan is all mountains, and people live in the mountains. However, although Bujun and Luchuan are remote, after all, they have names and surnames, so it is not difficult to find them. If you really don't know how to go, when you get to Bujun, you can see the Red River, and go downstream along the Red River to Luchuan. ”

"Bujun, Luchuan."

Song You nodded and wrote it down.

"When you arrive at Luchuan, go out of the city to the south, follow the official road, and walk eighty miles, that is, the sixteenth earth monkey, it seems to be called so......"

"Trench."

"Yes, the sixteenth earth monkey, there is a path next to the earth monkey, follow that path uphill, the mountain road is very rugged, go find a place called 'dam tree', and there it is. By the way, it is full of endless mountains, and the mountaineers cultivate on the mountains, saying that the fields are on the mountains, which are high and steep, like ladders, and the 'dam tree' is the highest mountain, and there is a valley in front of it, I don't know how deep, according to the locals, the dragon rises from the valley or the clouds behind the mountain every spring. ”

It can be seen that Xiao Chai Niang asked quite carefully, and it is likely that she asked more than one person, and she also remembered that it was very difficult.

"By the way, if you still can't find anyone when you get to the place, you can also ask the locals. Red rice is abundant in the local area, and it is only produced on the mountain over there, and the people below the mountain like it, and they will pay tribute to the palace, and there will be respectable people on the mountain who are responsible for trading with the mountain, and there are also hermits who live in the mountain, and they will all speak our words. ”

"Thank you, Chai Niang."

"It's what a concubine should be."

Xiao Chai Niang looked at the Taoist in front of him who looked younger than herself, and her heart was still stuck in the time when he was talking to his parents Weng Weng at the same table and he was shy and hiding beside him, he still respected him like an elder, and then said: "There is an uncle who told the concubine that if Mr. goes to Luchuan and can't find the road, you can go to the city to find the largest cloth village, named Liu Ji Buzhuang, the owner of the cloth village is his friend, very hospitable, and also yearns for immortal immortality, respects Taoists, if Mr. goes, he will definitely ask someone to take Mr. up the mountain." ”

"Make a note below."

"The concubine body will not bother much, this time, I am afraid that I will not remember, and I will forget it in a few days, my family official said, I am a little haggard these days, and my image will improve in a few days, and I will come to visit Mr. in person."

"Waiting for you."

After Song You sent her away, he immediately went upstairs and went back to the room.

took out a piece of paper, took a pen and dipped it in ink, just last night Sanhua Niangniang copied the poetry and had not yet received it, so she wrote down all of these.

If you don't remember it, you won't be able to remember it yourself.

After writing, I put the paper away, but my interest was not diminished, so I pulled out a new piece of paper and began to draw.

Gradually dusk, Sanhua Niangniang returned.

Downstairs there was the sound of her talking to the shopkeeper.

After selling the fish and collecting the money, she returned to the upstairs room, saw the Taoist painting at the desk, took a closer look, and said strangely: "What are you painting?" ”

"Peaches."

"It's quite like."

"How is Sanhua Niangniang today?"

“！”

Speaking of this, the girl's expression froze instantly, but she did not rush to answer him, but put down her coat, put away the copper coin, and with a bang, turned back into a cat, and jumped on the table lightly, as if to use this image to be more solemn, then she said to him: "Sanhua Niangniang has beaten him to death." ”

"How did you get killed?"

"Sanhua Niangniang called the Golden Mountain God to hammer him, just like Ling used to call the Mountain God to beat the giant star god, while beating him, he told him that his head was no longer on his neck, he was dead, and then found a stone to tell him that this was his head, anyway, he had no eyes and couldn't see." Sanhua Cat couldn't hear any emotion in his tone, "Sanhua Niangniang originally thought it was useless, but she still didn't kill him, but then it didn't work to turn the stone into gold, and the mountain god turned back into a stone, so he got up and ran, but he didn't run far, and he fell to the ground and didn't move." ”

"Dead?"

"We went to see him, and the swallow said he was dead."

"That's ......"

Sanhua Niangniang doesn't have anything to say, it's very simple, but Taoists can imagine such a picture.

The Golden Stone Giant fought with the demon monk, the demon monk was defeated, and the usual method of "beating the 'nonsense' person to death to continue to deceive himself" did not work, but was emphasized over and over again, even if he was still able to escape in the end, but in the end, as soon as the breath was removed, it was difficult to deceive himself, and he fell.

When I think about it, I feel quite pitiful.

Just thinking about the past few years, and hundreds of years ago, I don't know how many business travelers passing by have died tragically at his hands, and I also think it's quite complicated.

"Sanhua Niangniang is really smart." Song You put aside those thoughts, and only said to the cat, "Congratulations to Sanhua Niangniang, now whether it is the method of turning stones into soldiers or the art of turning stones into gold, they can already be called small achievements, and the cooperation of the two, even if there are thousands of troops, it is difficult to compete with this." ”

"Can Sanhua Niangniang be considered a big monster?"

"That requires some practice and practice." Song You's tone was sincere, "But it's only a little bit." ”

"A little."

"That's right."

"How long will it take?"

"Soon."

"How long will it take?"

“……”

"How long will it take?"

"Sanhua Niangniang's major spells are related to fighting and attacking, if you want to compare with the big demon in the fighting method, it is enough to think about it for decades, or even shorter, see Sanhua Niangniang is diligent. However, generally speaking, it takes at least a few hundred years of Taoism to be called a great demon. ”

"Centuries of Taoism ......"

The cat muttered quietly, frowned, felt that things were not simple, and was a little uncertain, and asked, "How long will it take?" ”

"Hundreds of years."

This time the answer was crisp.

“……”

The cat didn't say a word, and jumped off the table as soon as he turned around.

(End of chapter)